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More accuracy, more profit Get ready for a new experience with a whole new level of informationWith Clarity Pro v4.1 you can recognise the real potential of your business by understanding the true margin, and take advantage of genuine margin uplift opportunities.

You can make positive, accurate decisions to accept and reject jobs based on true margin to increase the baseline profit on your annual P & L.

Clarity Professional v4.1 is a fresh start to a bigger, more rewarding business future.

Go with the flowWith the new bill of resources (BOM and BOL) changes we have improved the flow of data throughout Clarity, giving even greater ease of use throughout the whole business process. Accuracy of purchasing and stock management driven by accurately quoted jobs rather than guesswork, and the ability to attribute all cost types to a job, make delivering jobs really quick and easy.

You can easily understand more about your operation and where you can make improvements for a slicker, more automated workflow.

Precise cost allocations Introduced to v4.1 are new price list item Cost Types to work alongside the existing options of Material, Labour and Non-Stock, which has been significantly developed to become the core Type to facilitate seamless integration across the system. Now you can specify a Part as a Resource - for example, a Machine - or an Outsourced Part, such as powder coating, creative work or any other sub-contractor activity or third party process.

All types are logically processed depending on their Type, allowing you to easily Purchase to demand and keep track of your stock.

This allows you to include and view costs against jobs broken down by Cost Type, which will empower you to make calculated decisions on purchasing, production and future pricing of similar items.

Integrated stock for total efficiency How accurately do you manage your stock levels? Could you improve your surplus or wastage? Can you reduce your errors by having greater visibility of your stock?

Clarity Pro v4.1 sees a huge leap forward thanks to enhancements in Stock functionality. And we’ve reduced some of the ‘preference settings’ and on-screen prompts to make your experience much smoother and more logical.

Faster Calc Wizards Great news for all users of our very popular Calc Wizard costing tools. In v4.1 you will see a vast improvement in the speed of storing the calculated item as you are generating quotes.

This enables you to produce complex quotes even faster than before, meaning your service improves, as do your chances of winning the order.

New SFDC v1.1 puts you in control The new web-based Shop Floor Data Collection (SFDC) software has the ability to start multiple tasks at the same time using the new Batch Update feature.

For example, this is ideal for artwork and design workers who tend to start a batch of work or when making a group of jobs using the same materials. The finish times are accurately proportioned across the tasks as they are completed as a group or individually.

In the new version you can also enter the Actual Material Usage against a job. This allows you to specify if the quantity used was different to that on your original estimate and if a different size was ultimately used.

Pastel, Sage & QuickBooks Links As with Clarity, upgrading to the latest version of your accounting system is essential in taking advantage of more robust stability and security, whilst providing you with a whole new range of useful features and enhancements to benefit from. In v4.1 of Clarity we now support integration with Pastel Partner, Sage 50 2012 and QuickBooks 2011 (Pro, Premier & Enterprise editions).

This allows you to upgrade your software infrastructure across the business and continue to utilise the Clarity features including the direct posting of sales invoices and contact information.

Upgrade to Clarity Pro v4.1 today We’ve made the process of upgrading to version 4.1 of Clarity Professional (and version 1.1 of SFDC*) as simple as possible, with our support team available to help you every step of the way.

If you have a support contract with us you can upgrade quickly and easily through your web account by logging in to the website below.

*Please note users of SFDC must upgrade to SFDC v1.1 or above for Clarity Professional v4.1 to operate successfully. Support for SFDC v1.0 will cease on 31st December 2012.

New Job Costing & Cost Analysis with time sheet and expense entry

The Job Costing & Cost Analysis module in Clarity Professional v4.1 has been completely re-written and delivers absolute precision on Estimated vs Actual Costs, including stunning Pie Chart views.

The new module allows for easy filtering of jobs by many fields such as Customer and/or Job Type, and Pie Charts are generated split by Cost Type, showing Estimated vs Actual costs on a much clearer display for easy interpretation.

Time Sheets and Expenses can be added so that all costs are entered and analysed in one place.

Sage 200 import feature Several users of Clarity have requested the ability to export information from Clarity to import into Sage 200. Within v4.1 we have successfully developed a new function to create a CSV export file to carry purchase invoice and sales invoice information into Sage 200.

If you are using Sage 200 for your accounting needs and have a specific requirement for this type of integration then please contact us for a free consultation. We know how important it is to have joined up information across your systems and will help you achieve this.

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